Clinical academic numbers increase
THE number of clinical academics in UK medical schools has risen by almost five per cent in the past five years.
Dentists must encourage staff to raise concerns, new guidance says
DENTAL teams must be encouraged to raise concerns about patient safety, according to new guidance from the General Dental Council.
Medication errors common in inpatient diabetes care
OVER a third of hospital inpatients with diabetes experienced a medication error during five-day audit conducted by the Health and Social Care Information Centre.
Bad behaviour in GP practices doubles in year
ANTISOCIAL behaviour in GP practices has increase by 47 per cent in the last year according to an investigation undertake by Pulse magazine.
Emergency specialists delay career choice
ONLY a quarter of F1 trainees who choose to specialise in emergency medicine end up working in the specialty, according to new research.
Funding boost for trainee initiatives
AN app to help confused patients and a tablet-based surgical training kit are among nine trainee-led projects to receive funding from Health Education England.
Jobs boost for 138 trainees
JOBS have been found for 138 trainee doctors who had been waiting on a reserve list since October, it has been announced.
NICE releases guideline for ulcerative colitis
NEW clinical guidelines should eliminate the current "post code lottery" in the treatment of ulcerative colitis according to NICE.
Dental indemnity or insurance?
A number of members have recently called MDDUS questioning whether dentists now require an insurance product rather than access to indemnity as is provided by MDDUS. The short answer is "no".
GDC working with Groupon to stop illegal tooth whitening
THE GDC has announced that it is now working with the ‘daily deals’ company Groupon to guard against the promotion of illegal tooth whitening.